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Chair Pads with Natural Fill
Question from Stacey Hi Debra, I am trying to find affordable chairs for my kitchen table. I have uncomfortable metal chairs now and would like to at least add chair pads. I found some cotton-covered pads, however, the batting is a polyester fill. I cannot find...
Consumer Product Safety Commission Bans 5 More Phthalates in Toys and Child Care Products
Effective April 26, a new ruling with ban the use of five more phthalates in toys and child care products. This is in addition to the three phthalates in 2009, bringing to eight the total number of phthalates restricted from use in children’s toys and child care...
Choose Organic Ice Cream
This morning I received an email from the Organic Consumers Association about Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day. "There’s only one problem,” they wrote. "Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is never free—because we all pay for the health and environmental damage caused...
Another Problem With Rugs: Shedding Particles
I received an email from Well + Good a few weeks ago asking for an expert quote. They were doing a story about rugs shedding and wanted to know if particles from shedding rugs could affect your health. This is something I hadn’t considered before because I’ve had my...
Thoughts about health + illness while lying in bed with the flu
I’m not doing my regular newsletter today because I’ve literally been sick in bed with a flu since I sent the last newsletter. I rarely get contagious illnesses, and this one was very unusual. It actually started at the beginning of February, but it was so subtle I...
Pine Street Natural Interiors
This is the interior design website of my friend Rowena, who I have known for years. She knows absolutely everything about toxics in interior design products and carries only the most natural, organic and pure. "We strive to create beautiful, colorful, and...
Hnina Gourmet Artisan Chocolatier
Raw dark chocolate truffles and sprouted nuts & seeds gourmet treats, made by a French woman to address her need for pure, raw, dark chocolate and a gourmet experience. "we use 100% raw organic natural and unprocessed traceable ingredients originating from both...
Forces of Nature
The world's first USDA Certified Organic, FDA registered, homeopathic medicine. " We source the purest ingredients from across the planet to bring you all-natural treatments that work." [button link="https://www.forcesofnaturemedicine.com/" color="silver"...
Oregon Soap Company
Bar, brick, liquid, and foaming soaps, all certified organic by Oregon Tilth. Many are scented with essential oils, but there are also unscented soaps and soaps that contain ingredients like cinnamon, which have their own aroma. One of their unscented soaps contains...
How Long Does it Take for VOCs to Outgas From Paint?
I’ve been working with a client for more than a month on outgassing her apartment using a “bake-out”. She now says that the paint smell has gone to a point where a normal person wouldn’t smell it, but she still reacts to the apartment after being there for an hour....
